In possessing themselves of Andre's money and valuable personal property they took only lawful prize, and Washington, whose scrupulous courtesy to the prisoner in all respects was conspicuous, found no impropriety in this conduct, and did not cause them to make resti!p tution. Moreover, the three captors magnanimously shared the bootv with their comrades who had no part in the arrest. All were entirely respectful and considerate to Andre. They had to march more than ten miles to the nearest American post, but for the whole distance they permitted Andre to ride, attending him on foot; and they offered him refreshment on the way. And when Andre was delivered to Jameson the three claimed no reward, and immediately went to their several homes, so that Washington, writing to congress three days later, did not even know their names, and apparently had to send to find them out. Tallmadge says that they belonged to an objectionable class, and that if he, as an American officer, had fallen in with them whilst following their adventurous pursuits, he would have promptly arrested them, lint in view of the known character of these particular young men, and of the recognized necessity of such expeditions as they enMAJOR ANDRE. gaged in, it is safe to say he would have done nothing of the sort -- or, if he had, would have been duly reprimanded by his superior officer. On this point an intelligent writer remarks: They were branded as " cow-thieves," etc. Perhaps they were cow-thieves; but at that period the most honorable men, both Whigs and Tories, living between the lines, were cowthieves. The British soldiers and American Tories stole cows from the Whigs; the Whigs had no remedy but to steal them back again. ... It is evident they were not thieves for gain, else would they have taken the price which Andre ottered for his ransom, which was more than would have sufficed to purchase the whole stock of cows, sheep, and oxen which belonged to Job when he was in the land of Uz. . . .